# Change the TTL?

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/change-the-ttl/6903>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 31, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/change-the-ttl/6903 "2018-01-31T10:42:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![DL6ER](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dl6er/32/281_2.png) [@DL6ER](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/DL6ER)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/change-the-ttl/6903/13 "2018-08-07T14:00:39Z")

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We intentionally set `local-ttl` to such a low value. Assume the following situation:

- You want to visit a domain that happens to be blocked
- You put it on the white list
- You try to visit the page again - it still fails (unless you manually flush the client's cache) because your client still caches the "blocked" behavior for another, say, 590 seconds

If we set `local-ttl=2` the overall experience is improved as clients frequently re-query the domains.

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